Do you ever get nervous trying to entertain little kids? I in fact do. I love little kids, however entertaining them is either really easy or super hard. When the assignment of making a puppet scene and book to show In front of the preschoolers, I was nervous. However, going to the Pre School and presenting to all of the kids there was awesome. There were some negatives such as being nervous and stressed about the way the kids would act. Though, there was so many positives, such as the kids excitement, the pictures the kids would draw for me, and the way the kids wanted more after it was over.
The negatives of going down to the preschool was just the preparation and my own self thoughts. Such as being nervous for what the kids think about the story, if they like the story, or if they were going to even care. The preparation was stressful just because of trying to reshape my story to fit the puppet scene. Since you have to have a whole story in just one setting it was difficult. However the outcome of the kids excitement was worth it.
When I walked into my first class the kids were already excited just because there was an older kid there. The questions and compliments I would get from all the little kids that honestly made my nerves go away. As I started to read the book the kids showed so much excitement and enthusiasm while I was reading and even more when are started the puppet show. This was such a positive to me because I loved hearing the kids excitement and knowing that they loved me being there.
Going into the next positive which was the students drawing me pictures. The students giving me pictures just showed that they liked me and that they enjoyed my presence. The pictures were pictures of me and the puppets that I made as well as them beside me. Seeing their different perceptions of me through their pictures made me realize how they looked up to me and what they thought about my puppet show. Not only the pictures, but the hugs and smiles each of the little kids gave me made me happy.
The next positive was the students wanting me to continue the puppet show after I got done.Not only did the kids want me to think of another story but they asked If they could try and do the puppet show which I gladly let them do. I even made up a story and performed it with one of the little kids which was so sweet to me. The kids then proceeded to ask me questions such as, How did you make that? Can you make me one? How did you make the puppets? Just the little kids showing that they were interested in the story so much that they wanted to try it for themselves gave me a relief that I had done a good job.
To conclude all of these negatives and positives, I would say that the Pre- School Presentation went better than I could have imagined. Overall, there were some negatives such as being nervous and stressed about the way the kids would act. Though, there were so many positives, such as the kids excitement, the pictures the kids would draw for me, and the way the kids wanted more after it was over. Although the work to make prepare for the presentation was stressful, I would definitely love to go back and see them again.
